Priacanthus sagittarius

Priacanthus sagittarius, The arrow bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2] It has been recorded as an invasive species in the Mediterranean since 2009, most likely having arrived via the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant.[3]

Priacanthus sagittarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Priacanthidae
Genus: Priacanthus
Species:
P. sagittarius
Binomial name
Priacanthus sagittarius
Starnes, 1988

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Priacanthus sagittarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69545545A69545854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69545545A69545854.en. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Priacanthus sagittarius" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  3. Daniel Golani; Oren Sonin & Dor Edelist (2011). "Second records of the Lessepsian fish migrants Priacanthus sagittarius and Platax teira and distribution extension of Tylerius spinosissimus in the Mediterranean". Aquatic Invasions. 6 (1, supplement): s7–s11. doi:10.3391/ai.2011.6.S1.002.


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